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China's $1 trillion 'artificial sun'
The model of a fusion reactor being tested could help harness virtually limitless clean energy, five times hotter than the sun.
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China successfully manufactured and installed the first small-sized nuclear reactor
Breakthrough in downsizing nuclear reactors can create a new wave, a new wind for the energy industry.
Conquer Mars
China will build a nuclear furnace 100 times more powerful than NASA's to explore the Moon, Mars
China is developing a powerful nuclear reactor for its mission to explore the Moon and Mars, researchers involved in the project say.
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Korea's 'artificial sun' sets a new record
Scientists at the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy set a new record when maintaining a superheated plasma stream for 30 seconds in a tokamak reactor.
Biology
Scientists suddenly discovered a strange fungus on the wall of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor
This strange fungus grows around and inside the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. It contains large amounts of melanin which helps it to convert radiation into energy for g…
Space science
NASA develops nuclear reactor on the Moon
NASA is working to design an abundant and sustainable power supply on the Moon by means of fusion.
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Pouring 1 billion yuan, China 'fired a laser' at the fusion empire of nearly 50 billion dollars
China is showing great determination in the field of fusion energy.
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Testing nuclear reactor heating system
A Siberian town is testing a direct nuclear-powered heating system from a mini-plant on a barge.
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The world's largest magnet can lift an aircraft carrier
The magnet of the world's strongest fusion reactor can lift a 102 million kg aircraft carrier to nearly two meters high.
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Floating nuclear reactor using molten salt
Copenhagen-based start-up Seaborg Technologies is working on a new type of nuclear reactor that is cheap, mobile, flexible and super safe.
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China designs nuclear reactor without cooling water
A molten salt nuclear reactor that uses thorium instead of uranium could be built in the desert and provide electricity for 100,000 people.
Science story
Komsomolet submarine: From Soviet pride to radioactive leak tragedy
The Komsomolets submarine carried Soviet expectations to break all records, but it was this that pushed it over the limit, and then tragedy struck.
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US printed 3D nuclear reactor core
Nuclear power plants can be built faster at lower costs using 3D printing reactor cores.
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When do we have the artificial Sun?
Fusion energy seems like a promising and promising technology, but never true?
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Cold plasma furnaces reduce 99% of airborne viruses
Cold plasma reactors can oxidize viruses, causing them to lose their ability to invade human cells and cause infectious disease.